Ruby 'error.c' Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

BID:55757

Info

Ruby 'error.c' Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 55757
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2012-4464
CVE-2012-4466
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 03 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:17PM
Credit: Shugo Maeda
Vulnerable: Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7 -p72
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7 -p71
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7 -p22
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7 -p21
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6 -p287
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6 -p286
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6 -p230
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6 -p229
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6 -p114
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.5 -p231
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.5 -p230
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.5 -p2
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.5 -p115
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.5
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.4
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.3
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2 pre4
+ Gentoo Linux
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2 pre3
+ Gentoo Linux
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2 pre2
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2 pre1
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2
+ Redhat Fedora Core4
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.1
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
+ Redhat Fedora Core2
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.9.3-p0
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7-P357
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7-P352
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7-p334
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7-p330
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7-p302
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7-p299
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7-p249
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7-p248
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7-p173
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.7-p160
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6-p420
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6-p399
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6-p388
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6-p383
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6-p369
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.6-p368
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 12.2
Redhat OpenShift Enterprise 0
Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64
Mandriva Business Server 1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Ruby 'error.c' Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Ruby is prone to multiple security-bypass vulnerabilities.

An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass certain security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions.

Exploit / POC

Ruby 'error.c' Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

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